1: After thirty-five years of research on goal-setting, it all comes down to this: Harder goals inspire greater effort. There is, however, a caveat, Jane…

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1: Do you believe that all meaningful problems are deeply rooted and difficult to change? David Yeager, a mindset researcher at the University of Texas…

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1: Do people who have a positive attitude about aging live longer? More than seven years longer, according to researchers at Yale University. They followed…

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